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Red cards in AFL?

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I agree. Only to be used sparingly, but what is stopping a player from destroying the oppositions superstar like that to decide an important final?
Has it actually been an issue in the past though?

Not against the idea but it would certainly have to be one adjudicated properly otherwise accidents might end up sending someone off.
 

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I like the idea of a penalty box.
They could put them in the middle of the opposition teams cheersquad
 
Every Tassie game would end with 18 v 5 players. Because umpires love Tassie.

Seriously, think of all the simple things umpires already can't get right - and you want to give them power to send someone off?
 
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When a player deliberately takes out an opposition player in a final , the rule will finalLY change .
 
What the hell is wrong with you people that are saying yes to this??

Football has never needed a red card, even when it was violent.
Today's football is so much more clean than it used to be so if it didn't need it then we don't need it now
You're trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist.

Edit: I just saw the hit. It was a good hit. He'll get a few weeks for it and that's punishment enough. Send off rule is just stupid and it must definitely is stupid in this case
 
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Nope, A loose man across the ground is too big of a disadvantage. I don't trust the umpires to deal them out appropiately either. People that will deserve them will get away with it and people undeserving will be punished
 
How many incidents can you think of when it might have been warranted? Possibly this May incident (though not entirely clear cut). Certainly Hall vs Staker. Not a whole heap more between the two.

Then think of how the umpires give free kicks all the time for contact they don't actually see. Do you still want to give them the power to send players off?
 

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